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Comment on There's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.
Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hey what percent is $14 billion of the $4.3 trillion Americans spend on healthcare?
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 11 months ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
At that scale money doesn’t actually exist. It’s just agreements between banks and nations.
Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world 11 months ago
$14 billion is like $40 bucks per American. Might be able to buy a toothbrush and some bandaids with that healthcare money.
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m not sure if my math is correct, but it’s more like 4 cent per American. 14 million divided by 331.9 million gets 0.0421.
Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, I’m always second guessing my math too, lol. I think it should billion not million in this case.
kurwa@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You mean over spend? If the government handled healthcare it would be cheaper.
Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sure, I agree we can get cheaper healthcare, but $14 billion amounts to like $40 bucks per American. Not buying many more healthcare and schools with that. This meme (at least the second part) is stupid and won’t convince anyone who supports Israel aid to change their minds because the math is not convincing. Makes for a weak argument, imho.